Queens County, Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island
was discovered in 1534
by Jacques Cartier, and called Île-St-Jean by
Champlain. In 1763, the island was ceded to the
British. In 1798, it was renamed after Edward,
Duke of Kent. Prince Edward Island is divided into
three counties, one of which is Queens County in the
central part of the island. Queens County has a land
area of 765 square miles, and a population (in 1981)
of 60,470.

The capital of Prince Edward Island, and the
county seat of Queens County is the city of Charlottetown,
located on Hillsborough Bay. Charlottetown was founded
by the French about 1720, and in 1765, became the capital city
of the British colony.
The population of the city in 1981 was 15,282.